Donald R. Bennett, 43, police chief of Punta Gorda for 12...

January 13, 1986

PUNTA GORDA — Donald R. Bennett, 43, police chief of Punta Gorda for 12 years, died Saturday of an apparent heart attack in Hialeah. Before becoming chief of the 25-member city police force in 1972, he served with the Fort Myers Police Department, which he joined in the early 1960s. He was a graduate of the state criminal justice academy and the FBI National Academy.